Package

ABSTRACT

A package for an article is provided. The package comprises a housing and a board. The housing is used for receiving the article. The housing comprises a first portion, a second portion and a protrusion. The first portion and the second portion are assembled together to receive the article therein, and the protrusion is fastened to the first portion. The board is fastened with the protrusion. Thereby, the second portion is free from the board, the first portion and the second portion can be unlocked by a consumer to access the article, the housing detached from the board is reusable, and the board can be decorated.

This is a non-provisional application claiming the benefit of prioritybased on the Provisional Application No. 61/349,174 filed on May 27,2010.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

Not applicable.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a package, in particular to a packagefor an article for sale.

2. Descriptions of the Related Art

The package for articles for sale is very important in business, whichhas very important influence on the aspiration of a consumer to buy thearticles. Therefore, most of the sellers place great importance on thedesigns of the packages for the articles for sale.

One conventional package 1 for the article for sale is illustrated inFIGS. 1A to 1D. The package 1 comprises a housing 11 and a board 13. Thehousing 11 comprises a first portion 111 and a second portion 112, andthe first portion 111 and the second portion 112 are assembled to form areceiving space to receive the article therein for sale. The two subboards 13 a, 13 b are folded to clamp the flange of the first portion111 and the flange of the second portion 112 to permanently fasten thefirst portion 111 and the second portion 112 together. Each of the subboards 13 a, 13 b further comprises a through hole 113 to expose thefirst portion 111 and the second portion 112 after the first portion 111and the second portion 112 are clamped by the sub boards 13 a, 13 b.Then, the sub boards 13 a, 13 b are permanently fastened together. Thehousing 11 is transparent to show the article packaged therein. Theboard 13 is decorated with descriptions for the article and patterns toattract the consumer to buy the article therein. However, the consumercan not access the article by hand without damage to the board 13 oreven the housing 11 before buying the article. After the consumer damagethe package 1 for using the article bought, the whole damaged packagewill become trash. Moreover, the housing is not reusable for the user topreserve the article therein.

Another conventional package 2 for the article for sale which isreusable is illustrated in FIGS. 2A to 2D. The conventional package 2comprises a cover 211 and a housing 212 assembled with each other toreceiving the article for sale therein. The cover 211 can be detachedfrom the housing 212, such that the article for sale is accessible tothe consumer by hand without damaging the package 2 before buying thearticle. However, the package 2 does not have sufficient area forprinting the descriptions and patterns for the article for sale. Evenworse, the cover 211 of the conventional package 2 is opaque usually. Itmakes the package 2 harder to display the article for sale.

It is desired in the field to provide a package for the article for salewhich overcomes the abovementioned problems of the conventionalpackages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of this invention is to provide a package that aconsumer can access an article packaged therein by hand without damageto the package while the package can have sufficient area to bedecorated.

Another objective of this invention is to provide a package that has areusable housing for preserving an article while the package can havesufficient area to be decorated.

To the end, a package for an article is provided. The package comprisesa housing and a board. The housing is used for receiving the articletherein. The housing comprises a first portion, a second portion and aprotrusion. The first portion and the second portion are assembledtogether to receive the article therein, and the protrusion is fastenedto the first portion and the board. Thereby, the second portion is freefrom the board, the first portion and the second portion can be unlockedby a consumer to access the article by hand, the housing detached fromthe board is reusable, and the board can be decorated.

The detailed technology and preferred embodiments implemented for thesubject invention are described in the following paragraphs accompanyingthe appended drawings for people skilled in this field to wellappreciate the features of the claimed invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is an exploded view of a conventional package;

FIG. 1B is another exploded view of the conventional package in FIG. 1Awith the article for sale;

FIG. 1C is an assembled view of the conventional package in FIG. 1A;

FIG. 1D is an assembled view of the conventional package in FIG. 1A withthe article for sale;

FIG. 2A is an exploded view of another conventional package;

FIG. 2B is an assembled view of the conventional package in FIG. 2A;

FIG. 2C is an assembled view of the conventional package in FIG. 2A withthe article for sale;

FIG. 2D is another assembled view of the conventional package in FIG. 2Awith the article for sale, in which the cover of the conventionalpackage is opaque;

FIG. 3A is an exploded view of a package of this invention;

FIG. 3B is another exploded view of the package of this invention;

FIG. 3C is a schematic view of a housing of the package of thisinvention in unlocked state;

FIG. 3D is a schematic view of the housing of the package of thisinvention in locked state;

FIG. 4A is an assembled view of the package of this invention;

FIG. 4B is a front assembled view of the package of this invention withthe article for sale packaged therein;

FIG. 4C is a perspective assembled view of the package of this inventionwith the article for sale packaged therein; and

FIGS. 5A to 5D are schematic views for illustrating the different meansfor fastening protrusions to a first portion of the package of thisinvention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Please refer to FIGS. 3A to 3D, the package for an article of thisinvention is illustrated. The package 3 comprises a transparent housing31 and a board 33. The housing 31 is used for receiving the article. Thehousing 31 comprises a first portion 311, a second portion 312 and atleast a protrusion 313. Therein, the first portion 311 is a box having aspace for receiving the article and the second portion 312 is a cover.In FIGS. 3A to 3D, the housing 31 comprises a plurality of theprotrusions 313. The article for sale is adapted to be received withinthe housing 31 between the first portion 311 and the second portion 312,and the protrusion 313 is fastened to the first portion 311 and furtherto the board 33. That is the first portion 311 is fastened with theboard 33 by use of the protrusion 313. The second portion 312 is freefrom the board 33 and is not permanently fastened with the board 33.Thereby, the first portion 311 and the second portion 312 can beunlocked by a consumer to access the article by hand without damage tothe board 33, and the board 33 can be decorated with descriptions forthe article and patterns to attract the customer to buy the article byuse of the package 3 of this invention.

In the example illustrated in FIGS. 3A to 3D, the board 33 comprises twosub boards 33 a, 33 b, and the protrusions 313 are tabs to be clampedbetween the two folded sub boards 33 a, 33 b to fasten the first portion311 to the board 33. Moreover, each of the sub boards 33 a, 33 b may hasa through hole 33 c for receiving the housing 31. In other examples, theprotrusions 313 may be simply glued, stapled, riveted, welded orfastened by other means to the board 33.

Further, in this example, the first portion 311 and the second portion312 are formed integrally and rotatable with respect to each other, andthe housing 31 further comprises at least a lock 314 to temporarily lockthe first portion 311 and the second portion 312 together. In thisembodiment, the housing 31 comprises two the locks 314. Therein, inreference to FIGS. 3C and 4C, each of the locks 314 comprises a firstsnap-fitting portion 314 a and a second snap-fitting portion 314 b, andthe first snap-fitting portion 314 a and the second snap-fitting portion314 b are integrally formed on the first portion 311 and the secondportion 312 respectively. The first snap-fitting portion 314 a and thesecond snap-fitting portion 314 b are for locking with each other totemporarily lock the first portion 311 and the second portion 312together.

Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 4A to 4C, the board 33 may comprise at leastone through hole 33 d to expose the at least one lock 314 for the userto access the locks 314 and unlock the locks 314 easily. In thisembodiment, the board 33 comprises two the through holes 33 d to exposethe two locks 314 respectively for the user to access the locks 314. Infurther detail, in reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B, each of the sub boards33 a, 33 b comprises two sub holes 33 e. The two sub holes 33 e formedon the sub board 33 a are assembled with the two sub holes 33 e formedon the sub board 33 b into the two through holes 33 d when the subboards 33 a, 33 b are assembled into the board 33. Thereby, the user mayunlock the first portion 311 and the second portion 312 to access andobserve the article by hand easily and then decide to buy the article ornot.

In the package 3 of this invention, not only the first portion 311 andthe second portion 312 can be unlocked by the consumer to access andobserve the article for sale by hand, but also the board 33 hassufficient area to be decorated with descriptions for the article andpatterns to attract the consumer to buy the article packaged by thepackage 3 of this invention. Further, when the consumer detaches thehousing 31 from the board 33 by cutting the protrusions 313 or othermeans, the housing 31 changes to a reusable housing for preserve thearticle therein. Therefore, the housing 31 of the package 3 of thisinvention is also very friendly to the environment. For the ease ofprinting descriptions for the article and patterns to the board 33, theboard 33 is a paper board preferably in this example. In addition, thearticle for sale packaged by the package 3 of this invention as shown inFIGS. 4B and 4C maybe a diving mask, a pair of swimming goggles, a pairof sun glasses, a pair of safety glasses, a pair of reading glasses or aski mask.

Please refer to FIGS. 5A to 5D, the protrusions 313 of this inventionmay be fastened to the first portion 311 by various means. As shown inFIG. 5A, the housing 31 may contain a plurality of the protrusions 313of small pieces of tabs and these protrusions 313 are formed integrallywith the first portion 311 into one piece. As shown in FIG. 5B, thehousing 31 may contain only one the protrusion 313 of larger flangeformed integrally with the first portion 311 into one piece. As shown inFIG. 5C, the protrusions 313 may be glued or snap-fitted to the firstportion 311. As shown in FIG. 5D, the protrusions 313 may be assembledto the first portion 311 and the second portion 312 with a loop 315 forenclosing the first portion 311 and the second portion 312.

The package 3 of this invention comprises a reusable housing 31, whichcan be unlock by the consumer to access the article for sale by hand,meanwhile, the board has sufficient area to be decorated. Thereby, thepackage 3 of this invention is very convenient and attractive to theconsumer, and is also very friendly to environment. The package 3 ofthis invention overcomes the shortcoming of that the articles for salein the conventional packages are not accessible to the consumer by handor that the conventional packages do not have sufficient area forprinting the descriptions and patterns for the articles for sale.

The above disclosure is related to the detailed technical contents andinventive features thereof. People skilled in this field may proceedwith a variety of modifications and replacements based on thedisclosures and suggestions of the invention as described withoutdeparting from the characteristics thereof. Nevertheless, although suchmodifications and replacements are not fully disclosed in the abovedescriptions, they have substantially been covered in the followingclaims as appended.

1. A package for an article, comprising: a housing for receiving thearticle, in which the housing comprises a first portion, a secondportion and a protrusion, the article is adapted to be received withinthe housing between the first portion and the second portion, and theprotrusion is fastened to the first portion; and a board fastened withthe protrusion; wherein the second portion is free from the board, andthe first portion and the second portion can be unlocked for a consumerto access the article.
 2. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein thehousing further comprises a lock to temporarily lock the first portionand the second portion together.
 3. The package as claimed in claim 2,wherein the board comprises a through hole to expose the lock for theuser to access the lock.
 4. The package as claimed in claim 2, whereinthe lock comprises a first snap-fitting portion and a secondsnap-fitting portion formed on the first portion and the second portionrespectively, and the first snap-fitting portion and the secondsnap-fitting portion are for locking with each other to temporarily lockthe first portion and the second portion together.
 5. The package asclaimed in claim 2, wherein the board comprises two sub boards to clampthe protrusion therebetween.
 6. The package as claimed in claim 5,wherein each of the sub boards comprises a sub hole, and the sub holesare assembled with each other into a through hole to expose the lock forthe user to access the lock.
 7. The package as claimed in claim 1,wherein the board is decorated with descriptions for the article andpatterns.
 8. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protrusionis a tab.
 9. The package as claimed in claim 8, wherein the housingcomprises a plurality of the tabs.
 10. The package as claimed in claim1, wherein the protrusion is integrally formed with the first portioninto one piece, glued to the first portion, snap-fitted to the firstportion or assembled to the first portion with a loop.
 11. The packageas claimed in claim 1, wherein the protrusion is glued, stapled, rivetedor welded to the board.
 12. The package as claimed in claim 1, whereinthe first portion and the second portion are formed integrally androtatable with respect to each other.
 13. The package as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the article is a diving mask, a pair of swimminggoggles, a pair of sun glasses, a pair of safety glasses, a pair ofreading glasses, or a ski mask.
 14. The package as claimed in claim 1,wherein the board is a paper board.
 15. The package as claimed in claim1, wherein the housing is transparent.